YSRC and AP govt levelled serious charges against judiciary

The Andhra Pradesh government has levelled serious charges against judiciary. The govt  on Saturday accused  of attempting to destabilise and topple the YSR Congress government in the state led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. under the directions of Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu.

The state government also issued a statement to this effect. A letter written by  Chief Minister Reddy to the Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, in which the chief minister detailed his allegations about the proximity of some Judges and the adversarial stance taken by the Court against his government’s decisions as well as investigations into charges against judicial officers and their relatives,  The letter had detailed annexures listing specific judgements, and naming judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and one SC judge. In his letter to CJI Bobde, Reddy accused the state judiciary of being biased in favour of the TDP and its interests in the nature of the orders passed staying investigation, staying enquiry, even in admitting cases for hearing.

CM’s principal advisor Ajeya Kallam read out the statement at a press conference in Vijaywada on Saturday late evening. This is  the first time a sitting chief minister has made an allegation of such a serious nature against one of the senior most judges in the Supreme Court. Though his party leaders and ministers have been making statements against high court judges for stalling various decisions of the government, including the so-called three capitals plan.

The decision to shift the capital of Andhra Pradesh from Amaravati was taken by the Reddy government after it came to power. Nearly 30 public interest litigation petitions (PILs) were filed at various stages of legitimate government functioning, impleading the chief minister as a respondent, the statement pointed out. Reddy has asked to CJI Bobde by seeking him to initiate steps to ensure the neutrality of the state judiciary, and offered to substantiate all the details provided in the annexure to his letter.